Carriage-pole coupling



(No Model.)

W. J.- KAUFFMAN. CARRIAGE POLE COUPLING.

No. 525,218. v PatentedAug. 28, 1894.-

U E TATE PAT NT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J." KAUFFMAN, OF MIAMISBURG, o 'Io,

' CARRIAG E-PO LE co u PLING. I

sPEcIFIcArmNrormi part ofLetters Patent no; 525,218, dated August as, 1894.

- Appli cation filed Fe ruar -15.1894, "seria1m'.aoo,22g, (madam i To all whom it mayomm- The various; features of "myiin vf i iit ion fully set forth" in the'description of thcfacc j panying drawiugs,"making-a partof this spe ficatiqn, in which-e Be it known thatI, WILLIAMJ. KAUsFMAN;

a citizen of the United States, residing at Mir amisburg, in the county of Montgomery'and State of Qhio,.have in' vfentedvcertainnewandi useful Improvements in'Carriage-Po1eQodp v lings,ofw-hichthefollowingis aspe'cificationfi i I x f My inventionvrelates-:to..irnprovem'en'tsfjin i the means for connecting-the;bracesofieaica riage pole. to the cross-banandiinthe:constriic-f tion and; arrangement of the adjustable pole; j eyes atfthe ends. off said jcross-banas ho'rei after described andiclaimedl Figurel is a top plan view of my improve ment. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail viewofs the pole coupling. Figt3 is a perspective-view'of the pole eye; 'Figfl t is a'p'erspectiv'e yiew of one of the socket strap'sf Y 2' The essential feature oi-m'y invention con-.

sistsof' a socket-support forthe si1a11 k;of a pole-eye formed of two sections; the.forward-iv end'sof which form l'knee, straps O; Ofwhich'" 1 are rigidly connected 3t0thecurved cross-bar B and the rear portionsform'semi-tubular socket supports for thejshank s of the pole-eye;

- Referring to thedrawings, A'indicatesnai vehicle pole, B the 'cross bar thereof, and L1" 7 the braces. l Tothei'opposite en'dspfthe cross,

bar'B are securedthesochetsup'ports'forthe- Shanks of the polereyeiwhich-are .con'st'ruete d-i-tv as follows. zl'lhe socketsupports each consist? of two semi-tubularjsectionsD, D, havingf; formed integral therewith arms. 0 O'exten d; ing forwardatan. angle theretoand adapted to be securedto the upperandunder side of the cross-bar B by bolts or'othersuitablefas teningdevices. The sections D, D, when" thus secured in position form a cylindricalgbeark .iug; closed at oneend, forthe reception; Ofth'e, shank of the pole-eye H; Each of the sections i Dis provided with a rabbetatjon'eofits, edges;

said rabbetsgwhen the two sections are brought ;i together to form the cylindrical beari ng, form-1 ing a recess a within {which rests ,a;:rib 1),?

formed on th e shank E of? the pole-ey'efi 'and' jthe bearing. The upper section ofthelbeare ingis provided withagrooved boss s for the a reception of a U shaped clip-bolt I which rests 'g within said grooved boss,and'atits ends'passes "gthrough' ayoke-plat'ee and isis'ec'ured in place 2,52; tapped oVer-theends of .t-he s'aid .bossfarranged betweenkthe under; Side offthe lOWQIflsectiOn {D t-the,bearing andxthe yoke nally'to any desired gage of axle draw-irons by loosening-the nuts 2; sliding,"v the shank E h yoke-p1at seerorm xtens ons; a I .0 e S a hi ,atth i fferwe ndsf f a e ewt the-PO16A;a i l r f r 'e i r stegral 'fftherewith. 5b. j 'repre sents ajconcave do:

platef e,andis'provided:withlateral perforated v p ears d,-'d;throughfwhich p ass thet'ends of the ;f el belt llih i han .Efo'f thej1p'ole-eye rests; within the b'earin g -co1nposed of thetwo, vsecti'onsjD;D,"and is clam p'editightly therein jby-the clipgboltland nuts 2,2. l The shank of the pole-eye is readily adjustedlongitudh t ,l

" in'jthe ,beai'ingitol the zdesiredposition, and

'screwiEg vuplthe nuts 2"to tightly clamp the vsectionsD together'about thelsha'nk It is obvious-that the knee straps could; becon -n ected"tofthe. hounds'of the ic'ross -barawhen the curved cross-barisnot employedlj Bythe j construction herein shown thecoupling corn- 'pjosedofxthe two sections can be cheaply made" Y 1 of nialleableiron and the shank of t'hepoleeye s'upportediwith but little fitting.

claii'misj-f L. 1;; Inr-co bar, ore couplihglco'lnposedfiof twosection's, (each sectionloeing composedgof knee strapscla1nped yupon thef crossebar,"andsockets 'D 'Havingf idescribed"my; invention; -;what I a; l ole' and crossforming-a "bearing fonthe-shjaiik' of the p ole-' "eyegan'dia' clamp for rigidly connecting said s up s pon shank ofmep e .Stanti'ally as specified. 1

1 2, 1A coupling r qrme anmr apoleeey e. I jcompo'sed of twosections, one sect-iodbeing lar' socket restin g upont-hejshaul; of p eteye and having' a grooyed 1 boss the other section beingcompos'ed ofsjthe-k-nee strap 0' and semi-tubular socket D, andjthe boss d,the fparts' Qf'each'of s'aid-sections:beihgjintegral' v 50 which preventssaid shank from turning'in'' and readily attached to thev cross-bar, and mo means for clamping them together upon the Ehank of the pole-eye, substantially as speci:

3. In combination with the semitubular shank supportsD each provided with knee straps clamped upon the cross-bar of the pole, a clip-bolt I, and the brace L secured to the pole at one end and forming the yoke-plate E at the opposite end,substantially as specified.

4. The combination with the pole A and cross-bar B, of the split tubular, bearing D having an internal longitudinal recess a and provided with'knee straps C C secured tosaid cross-bar, the cylindrical pole-eye E provided with the head H and having a longitudinal rib b engaged in the recess a of the split tubular bearing, the polebrace L provided with the yoke e, and a clip for drawing together the yoke e and tubular bearing D and holding the pole-eye rigidly in its adjusted position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof my hand.

WILLIAM KAUFFMAN.

Witnesses:

W. ALREITER, ED ROGERS.

I have hereunto set 

